Rubber tired skate wheel



April 21, cn-SMITH 'RUBBER TIRED SKATE WHEEL Filed July 1, 1955V claimed.

Patented 'Ape 21, i936 i PATENT oFFlcE ,I 2,033,453 y nomma msn -sxs'rn wnnsr.

Clyde smith, melena.

., assignor of one-half Ky to Harry B.'Coivin, Baceland, Ky.

Application July l, 1 935,.Serial No. 29,356

This invention relates to skate wheels and has for the primary object the provision of a device of this character which will rotate freely on a skate axle' with friction reduced to a minimum and its construction is such that its assemblage may be easily accomplished to permit mounting and demounting of a rubber tire, the latter acting to cushion 'or absorb shocks to increase skating vcomfort-and also preventing marring or injury to skating surfaces.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully 'described and For a complete understanding of invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating a skate wheelconstructed in accordance with my' invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the wheel partly disassembled.

Figure 3 is a sectional 4view showing one of thereon spaced annular ribs l. Series of ball bearings 5 contact the races dened by the ribs 4 and also -contact outer races 6 forming an integral part of companion wheel sections 1 having abutting engagement, as shown at 8.

A side wheel plate 9 contacts the race I of one of the wheel sections 'l and is bent upon 'itself to I8 cooperating with the tire porting a cushion tire I9 of a desir section in 15 the construction described.

(Cl. 208-181) v form a tire ange I Il and a peripheral portion I I. 'I'he other wheel section 'l and also the race t thereofis contacted by a plate I2. The plate I2 overlies the peripheries of the wheel sections with the peripheral portion II of the wheel plate l s resting thereon. ,'The portion II is bent or clinched to the plate I2, as shown at I3, retaining the campanion wheel sections l together. The plate I2 includes a hub portion I4 externally threaded, as shown at I5, to receive an internally lo threaded hub 4cap I6. A wheelvplate I'l is mounted on the hub portion Il and contacts the plate I2 and is bent upon itself to fo cross section. By detaching the ca from the hub portion Il, the plate I l can be re oved and permit easy demounting of the tire I9. The hub cap -IiA may'be packed with lubricant and the latter may readily pass to the ball bearing due to Having described vthe invention, I claim:

A skate wheel including an inner race, a wheel construction including companion sectims having races, ball bearings supported by said races. 25 a sideplate engaging one of the companion sections of the wheel construction and bent upon itself to form a tire flange, a plate contacting 'the companion' sections and the side plate and Tiro vided with a threaded hub portion, said side plate being clinched to the second plate, a side platev removably mounted on the hub and contacting the second plate and bent upon itself to form a tire flange cooperating with the first-named tire flange in 'supporting a cushion tire, and a'lubrla5 cant containingvcap threaded to the hub portion and abutting the second-named side plate. 

